| . | Anxiety: Anxiety is a protection mechanism that has evolved over millions of years; it serves to warn us that we are about to be hurt and to prepare us for action. And it does this in 2 main ways:- 1. Our thoughts: We think about potential situations before we get to them - the greatest form of protection is not to get into the situation in the first place. This is something seen in many anxiety-related problems, where we will often avoid situations that make us feel afraid. 2. Our Body: Prepares us for action: the fight-or-flight response. We are charged with energy ready to fight or flee. This response is responsible for all the physical symptoms of anxiety that we experience. . . |
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Extreme nervousness (nervous problems / problems with our nerves) does involve an element of anxious thinking (number 1, above) but by far, the main part of these problems involves that second role of anxiety - our body being prepared for action. This preparation gives us an alertness and energy boost to deal with any danger. The fight-or-flight response - a preparedness that builds up slowly as we think about future situations (anxiety / nervouness building up - often leads to avoidance, seen in many problems) or comes to us in an instant if the threat is imminent - as in panic. Nervous symptoms result from this fight-or-flight response, our body preparing for action, for example:- * Our heart beat speeds up - this is to pump more blood quickly to the main muscle groups (arms and legs) to give them energy (oxygen and sugar) to enable us to stand and fight or run away. * Jitteriness / trembling / shaking - the result of this energy being given to the muscles quickly, priming them for action. * Sweating excessively - we sweat more to cool ourselves down from all this internal energy production. In reality, nervousness and anxiety problems are not illness or genetically programmed, they are not due to an imbalance of certain chemicals in our brain - they develop as we grow. And they do so for one reason ... to protect us. It is the reason our inner-self feels we need this protection; the reason anxiety comes to us so quickly and so strongly we need to understand to truly overcome nervous problems. When we understand this reason, we can cure these problems at their very core and become truly free. |
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